US Congress Senate Bill 712 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on June 18 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-06-18 - Held at the desk.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishes various entities and procedures to address the wrongful detainment of U.S. nationals abroad.The President shall appoint a Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. The envoy's duties shall include leading diplomatic engagement on U.S. hostage policy and coordinating diplomatic engagements in support of hostage recovery efforts. The President shall establish an interagency Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, which shall assess and track all hostage cases of U.S. nationals and coordinate agency efforts to safely recover hostages. The President shall also establish the Hostage Recovery Group, which shall make recommendations regarding hostage recovery options and coordinate the development and implementation of U.S. hostage recovery policies. The President is authorized to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against any foreign person responsible for or complicit in the unlawful or wrongful detention of a U.S. national abroad. The Department of State shall review cases where U.S. nationals are detained abroad and refer instances of wrongful or unlawful detainment to the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.

Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act

Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-18	House	Held at the desk.
2020-06-18	House	Received in the House.
2020-06-18	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2020-06-15	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2977-2979; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2977-2979)
2020-06-03	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 462.
2020-06-03	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
2020-05-21	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2019-03-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB1611 (Same As) 2020-03-04 - Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
SB4049 (Related) 2020-08-07 - Held at the desk.
SB5074 (Related) 2020-12-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/712/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s712/BILLS-116s712is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s712/BILLS-116s712rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s712/BILLS-116s712es.pdf